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Yeah, us and two other bands. Don't have any kind of following to populate Chinnerys ourselves! 😄

We've played there maybe 4 times many moons ago, so they're 'aware' of us... loosely. I did send them an email about a gig months back and got no response (I imagine they get MANY such emails given they're the only decent venue for originals bands in the area). A few weeks back, they emailed me asking if we wanted to play, we said yes and the rest is yesterday's history!

It's been a LONG time since we've gigged... pre-COVID in fact. Babies, job changes, personal circumstances etc. got in the way. But we've never been a band for the purpose of gigging, (as odd as that may sound) we do it because we like writing music and having our weekly practice! It's a great way to let off steam, be idiots for a few hours and have a laugh. Finally however, we decided enough is enough and we should probably do a gig! So we did. It was at Chinnerys in Southend. A reasonable crowd of +100 people and it was good fun! Fully utilised my wireless set up and took to the crowd a number of times! Reckon we've got the lust back for semi-regular gigging. Shame there's so few decent venues in Essex that put on shows for originals bands... Backing for those interested: Band Name: Art Of Rebellion (album 'The Fire Ignites' can be found on Spotify/iTunes etc.) Bass: ACG Salace E-Type 33" 6 String Bass Amp: Epifini UL901 with Bergantino 410 Effects: Line6 Helix Guitar 1: Fender USA Custom Strat and Musicman Pattruci 7 string Guitar Amp 1: Freidman JJ20 with Marshall Vertical 212 Guitar Effects 1: Some boss stuff Guitar 2: ACG/Reiver Custom 7 and Musicman Pattruci 6 Guitar Amp 2: Blackstar Series One with Custom 212 cab (2 Vintage 1970s Goodmans speakers) Guitar Effects 2: Line6 Helix Drums: Mapex 6 piece kit with Sabian AAX Cymbals and Evans skins.

One added just for you!

On Tuesday I bought a Marshall VBA400 with a Marshall Jubilee 410 and 115 cabs. The handles on both cabs are pretty damaged and when playing through the VBA400 the plastic handles rattled a lot! (I was aware of this prior to purchase!) I gave Marshall a ring on Wednesday to ask them if they knew where I could get replaced handles for the Jubilee cabs (bear in mind these cabs are from 1987) and within seconds I was put through to a very helpful lady that arrange for 4 handles to be sent out to me for a mere £25 all in. They arrived today, very well package and exactly matching the handles from the Jubilee cabs. Great service! 👍

I had a CTM300 that I recently sold. Great amp, but not particularly intuitive in terms of dialing in a preferred sound. The Marshall was very easy to get a great tone from. Personal preference, but as it stands, I definitely prefer the Marshall to the CTM300. The Marshall is VERY close to the sound I had from my Mesa Strategy Eight:88.

I doubt I'll ever really move it unless I sell it. The Epifini and Berg rig on the left is the 'gig rig'. Might use the Berg or Mesa cab with the Marshall live on the odd occasion for fun, but those Marshall cabs are nearing 40 years old and deserve an easy ride at least while in my custody!

@tom1946 - Crafter BA400EQ are great basses, often can be found for £150-£200ish second hand. I've owned probably 4 or 5 of these at least over the years, all really well built, all do a fine job of being an acoustic bass!

There's a Bergantino 412 for sale on here that I'm tempted to pair the VBA400 with, but don't really want to get rid of the Jubilee cabs as A: They're 1987 so YOB for me and B: Sound genuinely great! Looking forward to giving it a proper run tomorrow at band practice, which luckily doesn't involve moving it!

So, today on the way home from a work trip I met a chap that sold me an amp... That amp was a Marshall VBA400 with a Jubilee 410 and 115. The cabs have seen better days, cosmetically they have their war wounds, but the work a treat! The amp has a few tiny little marks, but would probably rank 8.5 out of 10 for condition. Just lugged this colossus down to the garden studio some 300ft away from the driveway (yes, my spine is now dust) and set it up. It's quite monstrous... it's current set at about one quarter volume and gain and its still making my ears bleed. Given it has 8 KT88 valves powering it I shouldn't be too surprised. Pumps out +400w of glorious Marshall valve bass goodness! Given I play 6 string bass, and mostly prefer a more HiFi sound, I am pleasantly surprised that the 'bright' button really does hit the mark for me. Been lusting after one of these for probably 20 years! Happy to now have one and not be disappointed.

They might be asking for a video of the fault to then be able to process it as a faulty return and as such pay the return postage. If they have no evidence of a fault, you might be shouldering the return postage cost. Could also be a newbie not understanding correctly the way things are done! I'd tend to give the store the opportunity to do the right thing, call them up, explain the situation and my guess is they'll straighten this out. I've used this retailer before many times and only had good service, that's just my milage, but this could all be a misunderstanding or a new recruit not quite getting things right!

Give everything to me, I'll 'store' it for you for free, you can have visitation rights once a decade. Totally fair...

Absolutely second those sentiments... DONT get Jon to build you a bass... get your money back. He is not a skilled luthier. The bass he made for me was unplayable. The intonation was WAY off and because he built it with a fix, wholly unadjustable Bridge, (not what I ordered) there was no way to remedy the intonation and it had to go back to him and when he sent it back (uninsured to save himself a few quid) it was damage in transit due to the poor way he'd packaged it. DO NOT GET JON TO BUILD YOU A BASS. Get you money back and put a deposit down on a trusted, skilled luthier such as ACG, Shuker, Overwater, Zoot etc.

I'd bet a decent chuck of money that it's just another way for him to long out the situation. I'd be going back to court to obtain permission for bailiffs to seize assets. If you take away his tools, no one else can become a victim to his scams.

Interesting that you took that away from the 9 pages of that thread...

My 2 Cents have been added to the TB thread...

I've had the misfortune of owning a few of his basses, they are trash. The 7 string I ordered from him years ago had a fixed bridge with filed saddles that couldn't be moved and it was positioned in such a way that the intonation was way WAY off and couldn't be adjusted therefore was uselessas an instrument. The build quality was quite poor too. The price is there for a reason. Literally any bass you could buy brand new at that same price point will be better. Don't waste your time and money dealing with him, you will get burned.

No! There are no jokes! YOU'RE a joke... (What's a joke?) But... those basses DO exist and ARE terrible. So there... 😝